Scientific Programme

Binary stellar evolution      

  • Mass transfer before the Common Envelope (CE)  onset

Dynamical pre-CE mass loss

  • Simulations, observations vs theory for CE transients

Dynamical CE ejection

  • Observations (transients), lightcurve models, simulations, physics..

Post CE evolution

  • Short timescales: dust formation in the ejecta and ejecta geometry
  • Long timescales: outflows, remnants and post-CE binaries, second generation planets

Population Constraints on CE

  • Physics-focused/Progenitor-focussed

 

These topics will be further developed with the guidance of discussion leaders with expertise in this field:

  • Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University)
  • Natasha Ivanova (University of Alberta)
  • Rob Izzard (University of Surrey)
  • Ondrej Pejcha (Charles University)
  • Fabian Schneider (HITS)